Prefer designs that avoid unnecessary resource usage—especially filesystem churn and redundant persistence/reload. - For temporary artifacts, use the OS-managed temp directory (so cleanup is automatic) rather than creating long-lived app-specific temp folders. - For state updates, follow the existing established `setXXX` patterns: don’t introduce redundant `save()`/reload cycles when a simple in-memory update (or the same approach used elsewhere) suffices. Example (OS temp dir for temporary work): ```ts import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises"; import os from "node:os"; import { join } from "node:path"; // Use system temp root to avoid accumulating data under a home directory. const tempRoot = await mkdtemp(join(os.tmpdir(), "agent-")); try { // ... write/edit temp files ... } finally { // Ensure cleanup even if OS doesn’t immediately collect. await rm(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true }); } ``` Example (settings update pattern): - If other `setXXX` methods update `this.settings`/`globalSettings` directly without extra reload work, mirror that approach and avoid adding additional persistence/reload steps unless correctness requires it.